That's why I can't understand this. Using the Raspberry Pi to control some external device, sure. Hooking it up to your own LEDs or systems or whatever, amazing. But, using it as a NAS/HTPC/whatever? It's pretty much the least imaginative thing you can do with a computer, and the Pi isn't even that well suited to it.

But, eh, if you had fun doing it, power to you. I'm not going to tell you what you should and shouldn't do. It's just that I'd like to see some more imaginative hacks.